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Five days before the event an employee of Patty Malones, Bill Gianoulas, called Ms Steponavicius and cancelled the booking, claiming the company later learnt the booking was for an African music event called 'Africa Fest'.

Mr Obudho took the owners of Inflation to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, where they defended cancelling the event.

Patty Malones claimed they did not realise Mr Obudho's (pictured) booking was for an African music festival. The company said they would have had to contact Victoria Police and arrange for additional security and were forced to cancel the event

Patty Malones claimed they had not been informed the event was a 'culturally specific event' and they would have submitted a notification form to Victoria Police and arranged for additional security.

In court documents, it said Patty Malones asked Mr Obudho's business to pay for extra security for the event and he refused, so they were forced to cancel the event.

Justice Emerton said the company had ample time to contact Victoria Police before the event.

On Thursday in the Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Karin Emerton ruled the owners of Patty Malones Bar had discriminated against Mr Obudho (pictured) when they cancelled his event

She said the cancellation of the event on the ground of the race of the attendees, including Mr Obudho, would have been 'upsetting and humiliating'.

Patty Malone's appeal against the decision was dismissed and Mr Obudho was awarded $12,000 in compensation and costs, for loss of profit on the cancelled event and for non-economic loss in the form of personal upset and humiliation.

Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre solicitor Nick Boag, who represented Mr Obudho, told The Age said it was a relief to have 'such a strong judgment' after six years of legal wrangling.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Inflation Nightclub for a comment on the decision.